Nowadays, large number of individuals are prone to being harassed in

different places. They receive numerous verbal attacks that most of the time causes

them to feel uncomfortable and may lead to the destruction of their self-image.

Sexual harassment has been described in variety of forms such as catcalling.

According to Brainchild and Madman (2008), catcalling is practiced by men and

younger women which mostly happens in bigger cities.This practice has not been

given much attention since it is difficult to rebuke harassers. It can be experienced in

many forms such as people whistling and commenting on the physical characteristics

of the person. They also added that sexual harassment such as catcalling is not just

experienced by women, men also face this kind of issue.

Macmillan ET AL (2000) argued that one of its effects includes limiting

the person’s liberty of movement. Catcalling induces fear on the victims and make

them feel that they should be on edge when they are out and about. Nielsen (2014)

said that, catcalling is done to induce fear and dominate the victim.

United Nations conducted a survey in the Philippines and the result were

60% of the respondents have experienced being catcalled. Another survey was

commissioned by Stop Harassment a non-profit organization in United states, it was

found out that 25% of men and 65% of women gathered from 2000 respondents have

been catcalled.

Weiss (2008) added that, the violators regardless of sex, safety, well-being

and dignity of the victims have no consideration in doing this kind of harassment.

Flores N.M (2014) stated that, catcalling often happens in public places

such as streets,sidewalks, parks and it can happen in different modes of transportation.

Significance

This study will be significant to the students, they would be informed

about the causes and effects of being catcalled. It will also benefit the women because

this study will contribute to their knowledge about what catcalling may cause them

and the nature of it. Men will also benefit from this, since there are too many

researches about catcalling that only focuses on women, this study will enlighten

people on how male population can also be victims of this harassment. To non-profit

organization focusing on this issue, this will serve as another source of information

for them to continue their advocacy. To the government, for them to have an idea on

how this issue is a serious matter and may cause psychological harm to the victims,

programs and acts should be establish so that the issue will be addressed. For the

future researchers interested in conducting a study about catcalling, this will serve as

another source of information.

Methodology

This section will be composed of the methods, design, participants and

instruments that will be used throughout the study.

Research Design

This study used a qualitative design. Qualitative studies involves systematic

subjective approach that is used to obtain life experiences and give meaning to the

information that was gathered. Specifically, this research is an ethnographic study.

Ethnographic study relates to the social interaction, behaviors and views that take

place in a groups and communities. The main objective of an ethnographic research is

to be able to identify the insight about the people’s view and thoughts and also the

nature of the issue being discussed.

Data gathering

The information will be gathered through the interview method. Interviews

are used to gain qualitative knowledge about the topic. There are two types of
interviews (structured and unstructured) but in this research it will be a

semi-structured interview for the researchers to have some freedom on the areas that

they want to elaborate.

References

Flores, N. M. (May 2014) “Street Harassment: Old Issue, Ongoing Struggle, New

Movement.”

Brainchild, K., & Madman, L. A. (2008). Everyday stranger harassment and women

objectification. Social Justice Research,

Macmillan, R., Frobisher, A., & Welsh, S. (2000). Experiencing the streets:

Harassment and perceptions of safety among women. Journal of Research in Crime &

Delinquency